Parenting 'Tweens (9-12) Support Group
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We aren't exactly raising our grand children but we might as well be. Our daughter is divorced and the two girls (ages 12 and 9) spend one week with her and one week with him. It upsets me to sday that neither parent seems to be prfiovidingt the nurturing children need. The oldest girl...who has been the light of my life since she was born (first grand child and all that!!!) looks for attention from her parents (both of whom have always favored the youngest child,,,,,,,,,for what reason is beyond me.......no child should be favored over a sibling)... and she seems ti be acting up a bit at school etc.. Noting really bad but we worry so much with the teenage years coming up. She spends all her time on Facebook but she does enjoy skating and sosccer....we do alal we can to encourage participation and pay for far more than we can afford to.
But...getting back to the title of this message...I have told my wife I think being a caring grandparent is harder than being a parent....with a parent you can at least try to do things......asa grand patent all you can do is worry...it seems to me....
thanks for listening (reading) and I apologize for the bad typing....
But...getting back to the title of this message...I have told my wife I think being a caring grandparent is harder than being a parent....with a parent you can at least try to do things......asa grand patent all you can do is worry...it seems to me....
thanks for listening (reading) and I apologize for the bad typing....
I didn't see her every day but just knowing I was safe with her and I could be myself around her made all the difference in the world.
I agree that being a grandparent can probably make you feel helpless when you have to stand back and watch your children fumble through parenthood...
If it's something that seems like abuse, that's different. Grandparents do have rights!
If what you can do is be a safe place and person for your granddaughter, that's much, much more important than you know! You're still a hero!
Oxford...you are not irrelevant to your grandkids. Take the initiative to do something with them often. Spending time with them will help them to know they are loved, sounds like they could use it.
I saw once on a church billboard sign "Worrying is praying for something you don't want to happen". made me think about it.
good "church sign"..i guess its true in a sense........